Morning Report for Tuesday 21 June 2022

8:53 AM.Volcanic activity on Mount Ruapehu is settling down again after a period of strong tremors over the weekend.

The tremors increased sharply and fluctuated between moderate and strong levels on Friday… Read more Audio

8:49 AM.Stakeholders are calling for Fletcher Building's chairperson to resign over a Gib board supply crisis.

The construction giant owns nearly 94 percent of the market.

Building company Simplicity Living… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.Japanese media are reporting their Prime Minister is considering a summit with New Zealand, Australia, and South Korea in a show of solidarity against a more assertive China.

All four countries have… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Rogue employment advocates are being called out by the Employment Relations Authority for giving people poor advice, sometimes leaving them with thousands of dollars in costs.

The sector is being… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.Matariki - the new year - is a time of reflection, acknowledging the past and looking to the future - while also being intrinsically connected to the environment. 

It is entrenched in Māori oral… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.A Transport operator says the narrow section of road where seven people were killed in a head-on collision with a truck allows no room for human error.

Halls Group Transport manager Brett Hamilton… Read more Audio

8:16 AM.Secondary school principals say it's time to dump the OECD's prestigious PISA tests in reading, science and maths.

The Education Ministry has barely managed to scrape together enough schools to do… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.The brand new Police Minister says he has a plan to give the front line officers more pratical powers, amid rising violence and gang tensions. 

It's been just over a week since Chris Hipkins took… Read more Audio

7:58 AM.KiwiRail's specialist engineering staff have fixed a signalling fault, which has caused widespread disruption to Wellington train services. 

KiwiRail acting chief executive David Gordon spoke to… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.To mark the first day of Matariki celebrations this morning, an umu or earth oven has been lit at Takaparawhau, Bastion Point in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland. 

Local hapu Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei have led… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.Right now in Auckland's Pacific Island areas, you can't move for red and white flags flying out of cars, adorning front windows or draped around the shoulders of arguably the most fervent supporters… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.The government is considering widening free access to flu vaccines to help the health system which is struggling, not even one month into winter. 

GPs in Counties Manukau offered free visits over the… Read more Audio

7:29 AM.Wellington's train services have been disrupted since yesterday morning due to a signalling problem.

Alternative transport options have been organised by Transdev for commuters around the city.

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7:24 AM.Trains in the Capital are still running on a Saturday timetable due to an ongoing signal fault.

Commuters have been told to expect delays and if possible find alternative ways to get into the city.

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7:18 AM.Most planned surgeries around the Wellington region are being delayed for another month.

The Capital and Coast and Hutt Valley DHBs say it's due to a range of challenges, including Covid-19, illness… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.South Auckland's Pukekohe High School is in mourning after one its Year 10 students died in the tragic crash near Picton on Sunday.

The boy's older brother, who's in Year 11 at the school, survived… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.Four years after Waka Kotahi was slammed for not doing its job of keeping roads safe, one of its core unit's has been labelled so ineffective it is being pulled apart.

The unit undergoing a… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.There have been two fatal crashes in two days in Marlborough.

The first - a head-on collision - killed seven people on State Highway 1.

The second deadly crash happened just 30 kilometres away on… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.A trade agreement with the European Union is years in the making - since 2018 to be exact - and the Prime Minister says negotiations are in their closing stages.

She's cautioning against saying it's… Read more Audio